How to get your sandwich on in uptown Oakland

Sandwiches … you know, those things that your mom used to slap together for your brown paper bag lunch.

At times, sandwiches can be the unglamorous PB&J or a bologna-mayonnaise abomination. Other times, the lowest common denominator in your lunch box can be elevated to a level of culinary excellence.

Within a two block radius of Grand Avenue and Broadway in uptown Oakland, you’ll find multiple establishments striving to give the sandwich a more respectable reputation. So, if you find yourself in that part of town during lunchtime, or perhaps even dinner time, we’d like to offer you some advice on which direction to head (because we know that with the demise of Bakesale Betty you might be feeling a bit lost).

Farley’s East, at 33 Grand Ave, is best known for being an excellent coffee shop where work-from-home types and thesis writers can plop down and cozy in for a few hours worth of writing, working and good coffee. However, while mostly known as place to get a coffee shop with a friendly staff and an extensive selection of upper crust, international fashion and culture magazines, Farley’s also offers up some tasty items to go with your cup of joe.